Re: [ot] Re: Wachstube

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Mon Apr 05 2004 - 14:57:35 EDT

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> Am Sonntag, 4. April 2004 12:39 schrieb Chris Jacobs:
> > By the way, am I correct in assuming that a Wachstube is a big
> > transparant perspex tube used as a greenhouse?
>
> Wachs|tube:
> collapsible tube containing wax

Wax|tube:
a. collapsible tube containing wax
b. tube whose walls are constructed of wax, which may or may
not contain anything

>
> Wach|stube:
> "guard parlour" or a tiny police station with a single room

Watch|stove:
a. a small stove that might be used in a tiny police station
with a single room
b. a stove to cook watches in

--Ken ;-)

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